Cross Bones

This graveyard in Southwark was the unconsecrated final resting place for countless medieval prostitutes or "Winchester Geese", as they were known [they were licensed to work in the area by the Bishop of Winchester], and a burial ground for paupers until its closure in 1853. The site was largely forgotten until excavations in the Nineties; today it serves as a memorial garden and its gates are covered with ribbons and messages to lost loved ones.

Just down the road, meanwhile, is the Red Cross Garden, a little-known gem built by Octavia Hill, one of the founders of the National Trust.